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A) Complete the sentences with for or since:

We have been here _______ two hours.


She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.
You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.
main verbs We´ve lived in this town 1998.
She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
They´ve had their car _______ five years.
I´ve studied an hour or so.
I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.
We use the Present Perfect:
B ) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the
Present Perfect.
to see / an / I / accident.
____________________________________________________________
an / she / to have / examination.
To Express a past action __________________________________________________________
when we don´t give ever / to / you / to be / France?
details of when, how, to express a past action ___________________________________________________________
etc. (we can use an with an adverbial of a / there to be / a storm
adverbial of past time. unfinished time. ____________________________________________________________
E.g. I´ve passed the E.g.: I have seen Mark to try / several / they / times / not
exam. today. (Today has ___________________________________________________________
Have you ever been not finish)
to England?
C) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:
a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was
a child e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months
With for + period of time
with since + (specific point in time) I haven´t seen Mary for ages.
______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
E.g.: How long have you lived here? _____________________________________________________________
I´ve lived here for ten years since 1999. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
A) Complete the sentences with for or since:
We have been here _______ two hours.
She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.
You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.
main verbs We´ve lived in this town 1998.
She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
They´ve had their car _______ five years.
I´ve studied an hour or so.
I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.
We use the Present Perfect:
B ) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the
Present Perfect.
to see / an / I / accident.
____________________________________________________________
an / she / to have / examination.
To Express a past action __________________________________________________________
when we don´t give ever / to / you / to be / France?
details of when, how, to express a past action ___________________________________________________________
etc. (we can use an with an adverbial of a / there to be / a storm
adverbial of past time. unfinished time. ____________________________________________________________
E.g. I´ve passed the E.g.: I have seen Mark to try / several / they / times / not
exam. today. (Today has
___________________________________________________________
Have you ever been not finish)
to England?
C) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:
a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was
a child e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months
With for + period of time
with since + (specific point in time) I haven´t seen Mary for ages.
______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
E.g.: How long have you lived here? _____________________________________________________________
I´ve lived here for ten years since 1999. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
A) Complete the sentences with for or since:

We have been here _______ two hours.


She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.
You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.
We´ve lived in this town 1998.
She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
They´ve had their car _______ five years.
I´ve studied an hour or so.
I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.

B ) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the Present Perfect.

to see / an / I / accident.
____________________________________________________________
an / she / to have / examination.
_______________________________________________________
ever / to / you / to be / France?
________________________________________________________
a / there to be / a storm
_____________________________________________________________
to try / several / they / times / not
_____________________________________________________

C) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:

a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was a child e)
______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months

I haven´t seen Mary for ages.


______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
A) Complete the sentences with for or since:

We have been here _______ two hours.


She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.
You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.
main verbs We´ve lived in this town 1998.
She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
They´ve had their car _______ five years.
I´ve studied an hour or so.
I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.
We use the Present Perfect:

B ) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the
Present Perfect.

to see / an / I / accident.
____________________________________________________________
an / she / to have / examination.
To Express a past action __________________________________________________________
when we don´t give ever / to / you / to be / France?
details of when, how, to express a past action ___________________________________________________________
etc. (we can use an with an adverbial of a / there to be / a storm
adverbial of past time. unfinished time. ____________________________________________________________
E.g. I´ve passed the E.g.: I have seen Mark to try / several / they / times / not
exam. today. (Today has ___________________________________________________________
Have you ever been not finish)
to England?
C) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:

a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was
a child e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months
With for + period of time

with since + (specific point in time) I haven´t seen Mary for ages.
______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
E.g.: How long have you lived here? _____________________________________________________________
I´ve lived here for ten years since 1999. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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